State will soon connect Baramulla-Jammu link

Last updated Jul 24, 2014

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Much awaited world’s highest railway bridge which is expected to be 35 metres is taller than the Eiffel Tower when completed by 2016. This bridge has arch-shaped steel structure which is being constructed over the Chenab River to link sections of the spectacular mountainous region of India’s northern Jammu and Kashmir state.
The bridge will connect Baramulla to Jammu in the Himalayan state with a travel time of six-and-a-half hours, almost half the time it currently takes. The main arch is being erected using two cable cranes attached on either side of the river which are secured on enormous steel pylons, according to engineers of the project.
The bridge is expected to be 359 metres (1,177 feet) high when completed — surpassing the world’s current tallest railway bridge over the Beipanjiang River in China’s Guizhou province, which stands at 275 metres high.
The 1,315-metre long bridge will use up to 25,000 tonnes of steel with some material being transported by helicopters due to the tough terrain with an estimated cost of the project, which is being handled by Konkan Railway Corporation, a subsidiary of state-owned Indian Railways. Indian engineers are toiling in the Himalayas to build the world’s highest railway bridge which is expected to be 35 metres taller than the Eiffel Tower when completed by 2016.
The state has already received a much awaited rail link to Katra (Vaishno Devi ) which directly connected the Indian railways flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently during his visit to Jammu.